Our economist-in-chief displays either his rusty-blade wit, or a complete and utter cluelessness. I cannot decide which is more accurate.
From Talking Points Memo:
Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: December 12, 2004 - December 18, 2004 Archives
George W. Bush, international economist: “There's a trade deficit. That's easy to resolve: People can buy more United States products if they're worried about the trade deficit.”
From comments just now in the Oval Office with Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. And I'm told it was a bit difficult to tell whether or not he was joking.
-- Josh Marshall
Also see how Yale helped Bush become the upstanding citizen he is (not)
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